A cold front and long trough are bringing a S’ly change to the NSW coast, extending into the sub-tropics later today and overnight. There’s not a great deal of useful swell generating winds associated with the change so only modest short range S swells are expected  to accompany it. The lingering troughy pattern gets much more dynamic over the weekend (and next week) as a powerful high approaches from the Bight.

The Cape du Couedic buoy has picked up the new long-period swell with large surf due to develop through the mid-late afternoon.

Make the most of the current conditions and coming swell before things take a turn for the worse Friday afternoon through the weekend.

We've got a low currently 'bombing' to our west, bringing strong levels of acute W'ly groundswell this week.